 Putin entrusts control of the Wagner Group to Trushev. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Deputy Minister of Defence Yunusbek Yevkurov and former Chief of Staff of Wagner Andrei Trushev in the Kremlin. Military issues related to support for the participants of the military operations in Ukraine and the formation of voluntary units were discussed at the meeting. Andrei Trushev is a former aide of late Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigoshin who was killed in a plane crash in August. Trushev was awarded the Hero of Russia Award for his role in supporting government's forces in Syria in 2015 and 2016 as Wagner Commander. Putin asked Trushev to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Addressing Trushev, President said he could volunteer units that can perform various combat tasks above all, of course, in the zone of a special military operation, in reference to Ukraine. You yourself have been fighting in such a unit for more than a year. You know about the issues that need to be resolved in advance so that the combat to work goes in the best and most successful way. Putin said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the RIA news agency that Trushev now works in the Defence Ministry. The Putin meeting appears to indicate that what remains of Wagner will now be overseen by Trushev.